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An update on the total land supply: Even more land available for homes and jobs in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

March 2017

An update on the total land supply: Even more land available for homes and jobs in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

Neptis researchers have updated an estimate of the total supply of unbuilt land to accommodate housing and employment to 2031 and beyond across the Greater Golden Horseshoe as 125,560 hectares. The analysis involved using satellite imagery to identify and measure the 2016 urban footprint for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

While a 2013 Neptis report focused on estimating the extent of the Designated Greenfield Area (DGA) to 2031, the latest research updates the original DGA estimate. Four categories of land are now included: